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British actor (Return of the Jedi)Died on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Deaths on October 5
This archive lists notable deaths associated with October 5 across multiple years.
V. M. M. Nair
Indian diplomat and civil servantDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Matti Puhakka
Finnish politicianDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Valeriano Martínez
Spanish politicianDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Abdulazeez Ibrahim
Nigerian politicianDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Sewa Singh Sekhwan
Indian politicianDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Juhan Aare
Estonian journalistDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Andrianafidisoa
Madagascan military officer and convicted of attempted coup d'état (2006 Malagasy coup d'état attempt)Died on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Cristóvão de Aguiar
Portuguese writerDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Luisa Mattioli
Italian actress (The Angel of the AlpsDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Cynthia Harris
American actress (Up the SandboxDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Laurie Davidson
New Zealand yacht designerDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Johnny Nash
American singer ("I Can See Clearly Now"Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Nosratollah Vahdat
Iranian comedianDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Eddie Van Halen
Dutch-American Hall of Fame musician (Van Halen) and songwriter ("Eruption"Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Harold G. Chaffee
American college football player (Colorado A&M) and coach (Nebraska Wesleyan)Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Edward S. Feldman
American film and television producer (WitnessDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Wladimir Yordanoff
French actor (Vincent & TheoDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Suleiman Mahmoud
Libyan military officerDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Alfons Borrell i Palazón
Spanish abstract painterDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Oļegs Karavajevs
Latvian football playerDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Anil Devgan
Indian film director (Raju ChachaDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Chris Carnel
American stuntman and actor (The CraziesDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Arvid Møller
Norwegian authorDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Hans J. Eriksen
Saami politician (Frp) from Norway and teacher (84)Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Tony Blue
Aussie athleteDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Olaf Holmstrup
Danish cyclistDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Cynthia Barker
Filipino-born British politicianDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Sarah Poyntz
Irish journalist and authorDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Shakti Thakur
Indian actor and singer (Dadar Kirti)Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Gord Brooks
Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis BluesDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Pietro Scandelli
Italian racing cyclistDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Najeeb Tarakai
cricketerDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Louis Fortier
Canadian biologist and oceanographerDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Neil D. Van Sickle
American Air Force major generalDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Marina Schiano
Italian fashion model and journalistDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Hitoshi Nozaki
Japanese chemistDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Jamie Janson
British aid worker and militantDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Sally Soames
English photographerDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Bryce Gaudry
Australian politicianDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Marcello Giordani
Italian operatic tenorDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Vitaly Voloshinov
Russian physicistDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Ed Ackerson
American singer-songwriter and musician (PolaraDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Zhang Siying
Chinese engineerDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Hussein Adel Madani
Iraqi cartoonist and political activistDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Glen Brown
Jamaican reggae musician and record producerDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Rana Afzaal Hussain
Pakistani politicianDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Peter Adam
German-born British filmmaker and authorDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Beth Palmer
American bridge playerDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Bob Church
Canadian geneticistDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Aivar Rehe
Estonian banker (Danske Bank)Died on Saturday October 5th 2019
Lewis Dauber
American actorDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Amalia Fuentes
Filipino actressDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Zhang Guobao
Chinese politicianDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Bob Tufts
American baseball player (Kansas City RoyalsDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Audrey Wells
American film director and screenwriter (Under the Tuscan SunDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Walter Paine
American journalistDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Karl Mildenberger
German boxerDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Louis A. DeSimone
American Roman Catholic prelateDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Walter Capiau
Belgian radio and television presenterDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Alain Ducellier
French historianDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Bent Lorentzen
Danish composerDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Saak Albertovich Karapetyan
Russian attorneyDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonistDied on Friday October 5th 2018
John Tyrrell
British musicologistDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Mahmud Rafikov
Russian documentary cinematographerDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Nila Kryukova
Ukrainian actress (The Lost LetterDied on Friday October 5th 2018
José Lluis
Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960)Died on Friday October 5th 2018
John Anthony Nevin
American psychologistDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Rudy Wowor
Dutch-Indonesian actorDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Grigorij Khizhnyak
44Died on Friday October 5th 2018
Edward E. Williams
American economistDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Antonio Valero Yubero
Spanish footballerDied on Friday October 5th 2018
Juan Romero
American busboy and witness to history (The Robert Kennedy Assassination)Died on Friday October 5th 2018
Ruth Escobar
81Died on Thursday October 5th 2017
André Lévy
French sinologist and translatorDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Marietta Marich
American radio personality and actress (RushmoreDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Gerry Burkhardt
American actorDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Giorgio Pressburger
Hungarian-born Italian writerDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Anne Wiazemsky
French actress and writer (Au Hasard BalthazarDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Francesco Martino
Italian politicianDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Francesco Martino Fu
Italian politicianDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Alfonso Caycedo
Columbian medical hypnotistDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Steve Baker
American illusionistDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Lionel Ames
American actor and singer (Thundering JetsDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Barbara Tisserat
American lithographerDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart
Dutch politicianDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Simon Ostrach
American scientistDied on Thursday October 5th 2017
Michiyo Yasuda
Japanese animator (Spirited AwayDied on Wednesday October 5th 2016
Dick Haugland
American biochemistDied on Wednesday October 5th 2016
Pompeiu Hărășteanu
Romanian musicianDied on Wednesday October 5th 2016